Episode 492 - Running to Beat Pelosi (w/ Saikat Chakrabarti)
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🗓️ 17 July 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Tech millionaire, co-founder of Justice Democrats, and former chief of staff to AOC Saikat Chakrabarti joins Bad Faith to explain why he's running to oust Nancy Pelosi from the San Francisco congressional seat she has held for almost as long as he has been alive. Saikat offers his takeaways from Zohran Mamdani's success, and evaluates the replicability of Zohran's approach when it comes to social media, his "toxic positivity," and his army of volunteers. Saikat also addresses concerns from the left that he is not a DSA candidate and has, in fact, donated to opponents of DSA candidates in the past. Can Saikat do what former Bad Faith guest Shahid Buttar couldn't quite manage? Will Pelosi also ignore Saikat? Or can he capitalize on normie Democrat frustration with an establishment that's all talk and no action when it comes to fighting back against Trump?
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| 0:11.0 | I'm here today. I'm here today with Shoycott Chakrabody, who is running against Nancy Pelosi to take away her seat from one of the most frankly disfavored politicians in the entire country. |
| 0:53.4 | I know you because we went to college together, although we did not know each other in college. |
| 0:58.6 | We met afterward as you, you know, we were participating in some lefty events. |
| 1:02.0 | We were just chatting about how last time we saw each other, you had come to the first and maybe |
| 1:06.5 | only current affairs live show that we put on in D.C. back. |
| 1:10.2 | And I want to say the beginning of |
| 1:12.0 | 2019. Okay. So there are a lot of things that are picking my interest that I really like about |
| 1:21.2 | you. The idea of someone going up against Nancy Pelosi is obviously very appealing. But I want |
| 1:26.8 | the audience to get a chance to know something about who you are and what you stand for. |
| 1:31.4 | So who are you and why have you decided to run? |
| 1:34.5 | Yeah, well, appreciate that, Bree. |
| 1:36.5 | I worked on Bernie's campaign in 2016. |
| 1:39.5 | But before that, I really worked in tech. |
| 1:41.2 | You know, I came out of San Francisco in 2009. |
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